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Thursday, 30 March 2017

Dutch screw steamship 4th class Zr.Ms. Maas en Waal stationed at the east coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies according to the Dutch newspaper Nederlandsche staatscourant dated 10 August 1869

An item referred to an official tiding dated 15 June dealing wit the movements of the Dutch warships serving in the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch screw steamship 4th class Zr.Ms. Maas en Waal lieutenant 1st class C.P. van der Star stationed at the East coast of Sumatra.(1)

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1. screw steamship 4th class, call sign GQND, laid down at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands on slip no. 4 on 19/23 February 1861, launched on 22 September 1862, commissioned on 1865, left the shipyard on 30 September 1865, decommissioned on 11 May 1874 and stricken in 1874, building costs ƒ 259.006,76, displacement 586 ton, dimensions 40,70 (between perpendiculars) x 8,16 x 3,20 metres, horsepower 80 hp and an armament of 4 guns.